The Horror Hall of Fame was an annual Oscars-style award show hosted by Robert Englund which honored the best horror films, television series, actors, producers and special-effects designers. It ran for three years from 1990 to 1992. At the end of Horror Hall of Fame III, the host promised a Horror Hall of Fame IV, but it never happened. An unrelated ABC TV special, similarly called "The Horror Hall of Fame", was produced in 1974, hosted by Vincent Price. This show originally aired on February 20 and was a mixture of talk show, comedy skits, and clips from classic horror films.
The second annual program opens with Robert Englund enjoying a relaxing smoke on a playground which slowly begins to fill with birds, a parody of a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Inductees for this year are: Film - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Presented by Adrienne Barbeau, accepted by Tobe Hooper. Publisher - EC Comics Presented by Carel Struycken & James Martin Workman, Jr., accepted by William Gaines. Actor - Béla Lugosi Presented by Richard Moll, accepted by Jeff Lugosi. Producer/Director - Roger Corman Presented by William Shatner, accepted by Roger Corman. Production Company - Universal Studios Presented by Elvira, accepted by Carla Laemmle Film - The Birds Presented by Dee Wallace & Brad Dourif; accepted by Morgan Brittany & Tippi Hedren. The nominees for best horror film were Misery, Child's Play 2, The Silence of the Lambs, Predator 2 and Jacob's Ladder. The winner, presented by Vincent Price, was The Silence of the Lambs. The award was accepted by Lambsexecutive producerGary Goetzman. This program also included: A sneak peek of the films The Addams Family, Guilty as Charged and Alien 3 presented by Gilbert Gottfried A tribute to the passing of Freddy Krueger by stand-up comic Sam Kinison Special Effect segments hosted by make-up artist Steve Johnson and scream queen Linnea Quigley Co-hosting segments from The Crypt Keeper.
The Horror Hall of Fame III
Inductees for this year are: Film - Bride of Frankenstein. Film - Alien. Publisher - Famous Monsters of Filmland. Film - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Publisher - EC Comics. Production Company - Universal Studios. Film - Night of the Living Dead. The nominees for best film for Horror Hall of fame III were The Addams Family, Child's Play 3, Alien 3, , The Lawnmower Man and Pet Sematary Two. The winner was The Addams Family, accepted by Carel Struycken. This program also included: A sneak peek of the films Dr. Giggles, To Sleep with a Vampire, Beyond Darkness and Nemesis. A magic performances by stand-up comedianThe Amazing Johnathan. A music performances by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers with The Monster Mash. Special Effect segments hosted by make-up artist Steve Johnson and scream queen Linnea Quigley
